Welcome To
The Mustard Seed Venture – NewHeavenNewEarth
Community Center!

Hello Everyone!

We want to let you know that as of June 1st, 2014 we will no longer be renting the Saddlerock Barn building for The Mustard Seed Venture – NewHeavenNewEarth Community Center. There are two main reasons for this. The city is requiring significant building improvements, and we recently learned that the property is now being prepared for large scale development. For these reasons, and others, we’ve decided to move from this location. Beautiful things have happened at this Center, and we are grateful for having had the opportunity to experience a glimpse of what’s possible. While the work of The Mustard Seed Venture and NHNE will continue, David will be taking a break from teaching the NDE classes and dream group, so there will be no more NDE or dream classes until further notice.

Once we’ve wrapped things up at Saddlerock Circle, we will turn our attention to the next phase of the work. You’ll be the first to know when things begin to take shape.

Until then, we want to thank all of you who have helped us anchor this vision. Your kindness, caring, and support — that has come in so many ways — is deeply appreciated. We look forward to continuing the wild and wonderful adventure with all of you!

With love and best wishes,
David & Alexandra
NHNE & The Mustard Seed Venture

P.S. If you are interested in deepening your understanding of near-death experiences, you may want to sign up for David’s Formula newsletter, which will be exploring NDEs and “The Formula for Creating Heaven on Earth” in depth. To sign up, go here.

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The Mustard Seed Venture – NewHeavenNewEarth Community Center is co-sponsored by the two non-profits it is named after.

From the perspective of NewHeavenNewEarth (NHNE), The Center is the first place on Earth to systematically study, teach and seek to embody the core truths presented by near-death experiences. The philosophy that underpins near-death experiences worldwide is described in David Sunfellow’s “The Formula for Creating Heaven on Earth.” Now at version 3.0, “The Formula” continues to unfold as new discoveries are made and life-changing ideas are practiced, and refined, through daily living. To learn more about the vision, work, and activities of NewHeavenNewEarth, click here.

From the perspective of The Mustard Seed Venture (MSV), The Center seeks to understand, experience, and share what the historical Jesus referred to as “the kingdom” by following his pre-Christian teachings and by drawing inspiration from other sources, like NDEs, that champion kingdom-like perspectives. To learn more about the vision, work, and activities of The Mustard Seed Venture, click here.

We’ve joined together because we want to help manifest Heaven on Earth. We know the same vision burns in the hearts and souls of many of you. If so, we hope you will join us and help make this age old dream a reality.

About Jesus Before Christianity

“I looked up and I saw this light; it wasn’t a normal light, it was different. It was luminescent. And it grew. I kept looking at it like, ‘What is that?’ Then it grew large and I went into it.

“I went into this tunnel, and I came into this room that was just beautiful. God held me, He called me by name, and He told me, ‘Mary Jo, you can’t stay.’ And I wanted to stay. I protested. I said, ‘I can’t stay? Why not?’ And I started talking about all the reasons; I was a good wife, I was a good mother, I did 24-hour care with cancer patients.

“And He said, ‘Let me ask you one thing -- have you ever loved another the way you’ve been loved here?’ And I said, ‘No, it’s impossible. I’m a human.’ And then He just held me and said, ‘You can do better.’ ”

– NDEr Mary Jo Rapini, describing her near-death experience

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“Many events in my life I experienced, but not from how I remembered it, but from the point of view… [of] how the people, animals, environment experienced it around me. I felt it as my own. The times I had made others happy, and sad, I felt it all as they did. It was very apparent that every single thought, word, and action affects everything around us and indeed the entire universe. Trees, plants, animals too. I have been a long-term vegetarian since about 18 years old and I know this was appreciated and is a good choice in life. Spiritually it seemed to show proof of respect for all life, and even seemed to balance some of the negative and wicked things I have done in my life. In the life review we judge ourselves; no one else does. The light/god did not. But with no ego left — and no lies — we can’t hide from what we have done and feel remorse and shame, especially in the presence of this love and light. Some of the things in life we think of as important don’t seem to be so important there. But some of the insignificant things from the material human perspective are very important spiritually.”

– NDEr Justin U describing his near-death experience on the Near Death Experience Research Foundation website

“I’m not asking you to believe anything. I’m simply telling you what I believe. And I have no idea what the next life will be like. Whatever I saw was only from the doorway, so to speak. But it was enough to convince me totally of two things from that moment on: One, that our consciousness does not cease with physical death; that it becomes, in fact, keener and more aware than ever. And secondly, that how we spend our time on earth, the kind of relationships we build, is vastly more important than we can know.”

– NDEr George G. Ritchie, M.D.

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“He (Allah) had Christians in Paradise. Moslems in Paradise. Jews in Paradise. And people who had no recognizable faith in God. We need to learn that…”

– Electa, a Moslem woman, describing what she saw in her near-death experience

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“Unlike spiritual paths that arose from the ideas and inner experiences of lone, isolated human beings, the path presented by near-death experiences is emerging as a direct, grassroots revelation that millions of people from all over the world are receiving and sharing. If we explore this newly emerging path deeply enough, we discover that all religions, philosophies, and cultures are honored; that science and spirituality are celebrated; that both the human and spiritual side of our natures are cherished and embraced. In short, near-death experiences present us with a universal, all-inclusive, perfectly integrated spiritual path that revolves around three core truths: 1. We are all one 2. Love is the essence of life 3. We are here, in this world, to become perfect embodiments of the Divine.”

“To dwell on the nature of the afterlife may divert us from paying attention to THIS life, where the lessons from the Light need to be practiced… The true promise of the NDE is not so much what it suggests about an afterlife -- as inspiring and comforting as those glimpses are -- but what it says about how to live NOW… to learn from NDErs about how to live, or how to live better, with greater self-awareness, self-compassion, and concern for others. Live well, and death will take care of itself.”